Back to Group Page Part 1 Part A
For 20 Points: When I put in the search for "The Great Depression" I got an extremely broad selection. There were at least 5-6 pages of search results, going from work papers to folklore. This was an extremely bad result. I then put in "The Great Depression personal interviews, Mississippi" To try and get a better result for my project, to show what it was like in the south during that time.
1. Who is the person being interviewed?
2. What is his title or position?
3. What is his race, gender, and age?
4. Where is the Interview taking place?
5. What is the date of the interview?
6. Who is the interviewer?
7. If you can find a picture of this person, put it on the page next to your answers.
I. Arthur Goodlett.
II. He is a foreman of Sanitation at the Cudahy packing company in Omaha.
III. He is African American. He is male, and at the time of the interview was 49.
IV. In the home of Mr. Arther Goodlett 2815 Binney St.
V. November 16th, 1938
VI.Fred D. Dixon
VII. No such picture could be acquired.
Part B.
This photo is obviously a good example of the Great Depression. A viewer can see run down, small shacks with African Americans on the porch. Weeds grow all around the houses, has no siding and is standing on concrete blocks- characteristics of lower income family houses. It is in black and white, the more common picture type (as oppose to color photography). Back in the 1930s, it was common for lower income houses to be placed near each other, and often had African Americans in them- similar to the town in To Kill A Mockingbird. The woman does not look happy, and the child seems to be sitting idle on the porch, not attending school, a characteristic of the 1930's. Part 2 Part A
OBSERVE
REFLECT
QUESTION
Describe what you see.
What do you notice first?
What people and objects are shown?
How are they arranged?
What is the physical setting?
What, if any, words do you see?
What other details can you see?
Why do you think this image was made?
What’s happening in the image?
When do you think it was made?
Who do you think was the audience for this image?
What tools were used to create this?
What can you learn from examining this image? ·
What’s missing from this image?
If someone made this today, what would be different?
What would be the same?
What do you wonder about...
who?
what?
when?
where?
why?
how?
#
Photo One.
Observe:
2.I notice a group of African Americans on a porch. None of them are wearing shoes and they are wearing run down clothing.
4.The people are lined up on a porch, all looking to the left of the picture. The furniture is lying around on the porch. They are not placed in any particular order.
5. A family of African Americans sitting on a run down barn/house porch, with rows of crops in the background.
Reflect:
1. To show how poor African American farmers lived in the south during the 1930's.
2. People seem to be taking a break from working, and are all looking off at something off to the left.
4. Newspapers looking to show how farmers lived in the South. Or for textbooks and universities looking to capture the poor southern farmer during the 1930's.
Question:
1. Who
2. What are they looking at
4. The deep south, on a run down farm. Photo Two
Observe:
1. I see an old, tall African American farmer smoking inside his house with his grandson off the side. There are lots of paper on the wall to the side. The door is rickety and misshaped. The walls are wooden, and the room is very plain. Outside there is a field.
2. The first thing than stands out are the boy and his extremely tall grandfather.The room is very plain.
7. I notice a bed off to the left, a framed picture of a African American, and rafters on the ceiling.
Reflect:
1. This image was meant to show how the Depression affected African Americans in the south.
2. The boy and his grandfather are getting their pictures taken inside their house.
4. The American public is the audience of the photo.
Question:
2. What is the name/age of the people pictured?
5. Why is there newspaper on the wall? Is it important events, wallpaper or something else?
6. How did the photographer come across these people? Was he sent down or did he randomly find them? Photo 3
Observe:
2.In the picture you first notice the man in the doorway, the men sitting down, and the walls of the buildings.
5. African American men are sitting on benches outside a store. The store is open. There are posters and signs on the outside of the store. One of the men seems to be snoozing.
6. There are several words in the picture. Ads for Coca-Cola, items sold in the store, the name of the store and an ad for some sort of event happening on Thursday, October 31st.
Reflect:
2. Men are sitting on benches, two men are standing/working. One man seems to be taking a nap.
6. You can learn what a normal day looked like in the Depression. People sat around waiting for work, taking naps. With no AC, doors were open most of them time. Coca-Cola was widely sold in the south.
8. Different goods would be displayed, such as Pepsi or energy drinks. The doors would be closed. There would be more cars and there would no longer be a shoe shining station.
Question:
1. Who took this photograph?
2. What do the two people standing in the photo do for work? Are they workers in the grocery? Do they get paid well?
5. Why are those men sitting on benches in the middle of the day? Are they waiting for work? Part B
OBSERVE
REFLECT
QUESTION
Describe what you see.
What do you notice first?
What people and objects are shown?
How are they arranged?
What is the physical setting?
What, if any, words do you see?
What other details can you see?
Why do you think this image was made?
What’s happening in the image?
When do you think it was made?
Who do you think was the audience for this image?
What tools were used to create this?
What can you learn from examining this image? ·
What’s missing from this image?
If someone made this today, what would be different?
What would be the same?
What do you wonder about...
who?
what?
when?
where?
why?
how?
Photo 1
Observe:
1. I see a bar, with white men and women. The man in the center looks rather annoyed. There is a sign against selling liquor to Native Americans, and a small sign saying GOD BLESS AMERICA.
6. There are liquor varieties along the wall. You can see words saying, GOD BLESS AMERICA, and POSITIVELY NO BEER SOLD TO INDIANS.
7. I see women in dresses looking around. They are holding their purses tightly.
Reflect:
1. This image was made to show how the white people in the South were extremely racist towards anyone different.
2. In this image, white men and women are getting a drink at the bar.
8. If this photo were set in modern times, this bar would be under serious investigation for discrimination and racism.
Question:
2. What caused the white people to be racist towards the Native Americans?
3. When was rights for Native Americans allowed.
6. How many bars in the south were not discriminatory? Photo 2
Observe:
2. At first glance, you see a restaurant. There are 1930 style cars. But you also see that there is a colored entrance and a white entrance.
4. On the left there is a white entrance, and one the right, a colored entrance. This is meant to keep the races separate.
6. You can see the words, "white" and "colored." It is also possible to see how in 1930, there was very small inflation, and lunch only cost 25 cents.
Reflect:
2. Nothing is presently happening in this photo. This photo is not suppose to be an action shot, its just suppose to be of the town.
3. This photo was made during the Depression, because they had those types of cars in that era, and its pre-integration.
9. If this photo was from today, there may still be a cafe, and they may put their prices on the window.
Question:
2. What was different about the colored side of the cafe? Did they serve bad food? Or was it just the location?
3. When did the restaurant first being like this? Did they have to put in another door, just to be racist?
4. Where in the restaurant did the colored people have to sit?
Observe:
3. A colored movie theater is shown. Posters for movies are shown. The street is rather bare.
5. The front entrance of a 1930's colored theater. Uncut grass along the sidewalk, and an empty street,
6. I can see boldly that this theatre is only meant for colored people. They are showing Tarzan and other shows. It is a REX theatre.
Reflect:
1. This picture was taken to show African American culture in the South, along with the racism imposed by the white people.
6. I can see how segregation worked from this photo. I can see that they separated the people and had separate venues.
8. This theatre, if modern, would not be for colored people. It would just be a movie theatre. There would be different movies being shown.
Question:
1. Who owned this movie theatre? A black person, or a white person. Was there a REX Theatre for white people?
2. What kind of movies did they show there? Were they the same ones they showed at the white movie theatres?
6. How was the physical theatre different than the white one? Part 3 Part A: Sources http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/irving.html http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/clyde.html http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/thorsten.html http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/manbar.html http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/jimcole.html
The 1930's represent a Depression in America, but also a time for reforms. People took a lot of bad jobs just to get food on the table. People were starting to organize labor unions, and improve work conditions. Irving Fajans was part of the start of the union at Macy's department store. Jim Cole, a butcher in a factory, was denied from entering the AFL because he was African American. Others had to be clever. Clyde Smith had to think up different ways to attract people to his food peddling stand, such as creating rhymes. Chris Thorsten was an iron worker, who broke his back on the job. He talks about it as if it is nothing. He really needed the money from his job. A man at Eddie's Bar said that New Yorkers try to cheat others out of what they have. People were desperate for money. The 1930's were a time where money was scarce and people were anxious for change.
Part 1
Part A
For 20 Points: When I put in the search for "The Great Depression" I got an extremely broad selection. There were at least 5-6 pages of search results, going from work papers to folklore. This was an extremely bad result. I then put in "The Great Depression personal interviews, Mississippi" To try and get a better result for my project, to show what it was like in the south during that time.
1. Who is the person being interviewed?
2. What is his title or position?
3. What is his race, gender, and age?
4. Where is the Interview taking place?
5. What is the date of the interview?
6. Who is the interviewer?
7. If you can find a picture of this person, put it on the page next to your answers.
I. Arthur Goodlett.
II. He is a foreman of Sanitation at the Cudahy packing company in Omaha.
III. He is African American. He is male, and at the time of the interview was 49.
IV. In the home of Mr. Arther Goodlett 2815 Binney St.
V. November 16th, 1938
VI.Fred D. Dixon
VII. No such picture could be acquired.
Part B.
This photo is obviously a good example of the Great Depression. A viewer can see run down, small shacks with African Americans on the porch. Weeds grow all around the houses, has no siding and is standing on concrete blocks- characteristics of lower income family houses. It is in black and white, the more common picture type (as oppose to color photography). Back in the 1930s, it was common for lower income houses to be placed near each other, and often had African Americans in them- similar to the town in To Kill A Mockingbird. The woman does not look happy, and the child seems to be sitting idle on the porch, not attending school, a characteristic of the 1930's.
Part 2
Part A
- who?
- what?
- when?
- where?
- why?
- how?
#Photo One.
Observe:
2.I notice a group of African Americans on a porch. None of them are wearing shoes and they are wearing run down clothing.
4.The people are lined up on a porch, all looking to the left of the picture. The furniture is lying around on the porch. They are not placed in any particular order.
5. A family of African Americans sitting on a run down barn/house porch, with rows of crops in the background.
Reflect:
1. To show how poor African American farmers lived in the south during the 1930's.
2. People seem to be taking a break from working, and are all looking off at something off to the left.
4. Newspapers looking to show how farmers lived in the South. Or for textbooks and universities looking to capture the poor southern farmer during the 1930's.
Question:
1. Who
2. What are they looking at
4. The deep south, on a run down farm.
Photo Two
Observe:
1. I see an old, tall African American farmer smoking inside his house with his grandson off the side. There are lots of paper on the wall to the side. The door is rickety and misshaped. The walls are wooden, and the room is very plain. Outside there is a field.
2. The first thing than stands out are the boy and his extremely tall grandfather.The room is very plain.
7. I notice a bed off to the left, a framed picture of a African American, and rafters on the ceiling.
Reflect:
1. This image was meant to show how the Depression affected African Americans in the south.
2. The boy and his grandfather are getting their pictures taken inside their house.
4. The American public is the audience of the photo.
Question:
2. What is the name/age of the people pictured?
5. Why is there newspaper on the wall? Is it important events, wallpaper or something else?
6. How did the photographer come across these people? Was he sent down or did he randomly find them?
Photo 3
Observe:
2.In the picture you first notice the man in the doorway, the men sitting down, and the walls of the buildings.
5. African American men are sitting on benches outside a store. The store is open. There are posters and signs on the outside of the store. One of the men seems to be snoozing.
6. There are several words in the picture. Ads for Coca-Cola, items sold in the store, the name of the store and an ad for some sort of event happening on Thursday, October 31st.
Reflect:
2. Men are sitting on benches, two men are standing/working. One man seems to be taking a nap.
6. You can learn what a normal day looked like in the Depression. People sat around waiting for work, taking naps. With no AC, doors were open most of them time. Coca-Cola was widely sold in the south.
8. Different goods would be displayed, such as Pepsi or energy drinks. The doors would be closed. There would be more cars and there would no longer be a shoe shining station.
Question:
1. Who took this photograph?
2. What do the two people standing in the photo do for work? Are they workers in the grocery? Do they get paid well?
5. Why are those men sitting on benches in the middle of the day? Are they waiting for work?
Part B
Photo 1
Observe:
1. I see a bar, with white men and women. The man in the center looks rather annoyed. There is a sign against selling liquor to Native Americans, and a small sign saying GOD BLESS AMERICA.
6. There are liquor varieties along the wall. You can see words saying, GOD BLESS AMERICA, and POSITIVELY NO BEER SOLD TO INDIANS.
7. I see women in dresses looking around. They are holding their purses tightly.
Reflect:
1. This image was made to show how the white people in the South were extremely racist towards anyone different.
2. In this image, white men and women are getting a drink at the bar.
8. If this photo were set in modern times, this bar would be under serious investigation for discrimination and racism.
Question:
2. What caused the white people to be racist towards the Native Americans?
3. When was rights for Native Americans allowed.
6. How many bars in the south were not discriminatory?
Photo 2
Observe:
2. At first glance, you see a restaurant. There are 1930 style cars. But you also see that there is a colored entrance and a white entrance.
4. On the left there is a white entrance, and one the right, a colored entrance. This is meant to keep the races separate.
6. You can see the words, "white" and "colored." It is also possible to see how in 1930, there was very small inflation, and lunch only cost 25 cents.
Reflect:
2. Nothing is presently happening in this photo. This photo is not suppose to be an action shot, its just suppose to be of the town.
3. This photo was made during the Depression, because they had those types of cars in that era, and its pre-integration.
9. If this photo was from today, there may still be a cafe, and they may put their prices on the window.
Question:
2. What was different about the colored side of the cafe? Did they serve bad food? Or was it just the location?
3. When did the restaurant first being like this? Did they have to put in another door, just to be racist?
4. Where in the restaurant did the colored people have to sit?
Observe:
3. A colored movie theater is shown. Posters for movies are shown. The street is rather bare.
5. The front entrance of a 1930's colored theater. Uncut grass along the sidewalk, and an empty street,
6. I can see boldly that this theatre is only meant for colored people. They are showing Tarzan and other shows. It is a REX theatre.
Reflect:
1. This picture was taken to show African American culture in the South, along with the racism imposed by the white people.
6. I can see how segregation worked from this photo. I can see that they separated the people and had separate venues.
8. This theatre, if modern, would not be for colored people. It would just be a movie theatre. There would be different movies being shown.
Question:
1. Who owned this movie theatre? A black person, or a white person. Was there a REX Theatre for white people?
2. What kind of movies did they show there? Were they the same ones they showed at the white movie theatres?
6. How was the physical theatre different than the white one?
Part 3
Part A:
Sources
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/irving.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/clyde.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/thorsten.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/manbar.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/jimcole.html
The 1930's represent a Depression in America, but also a time for reforms. People took a lot of bad jobs just to get food on the table. People were starting to organize labor unions, and improve work conditions. Irving Fajans was part of the start of the union at Macy's department store. Jim Cole, a butcher in a factory, was denied from entering the AFL because he was African American. Others had to be clever. Clyde Smith had to think up different ways to attract people to his food peddling stand, such as creating rhymes. Chris Thorsten was an iron worker, who broke his back on the job. He talks about it as if it is nothing. He really needed the money from his job. A man at Eddie's Bar said that New Yorkers try to cheat others out of what they have. People were desperate for money. The 1930's were a time where money was scarce and people were anxious for change.